Ride the Rock CycleStation Cards by Liz LaRosa

www.middleschoolscience.com 2016

Soil Station

5 or 6 Pressure Occurs

Go to Earth’s Interior

1 or 2 Rocks Break Down

Remain Here

4Sediments Being Formed

Remain Here

3Flooding Occurs

Go to River

River Station

4Flood Water Causes Redeposit

of Silt to Floodplain Go to Soil

2 Ice Melts Carrying Rocks

Go to River

3 Dust Evaporates

With Water Go to Clouds

1Erosion Occurs

Go Down the River

5Sediments Under Pressure

Go to Earth’s Interior

6Silt Washed Away

Go to Ocean

Ocean Station

4 or 5 Sand Washes up onto Shore

Go to Soil

6Ocean Floor Being Subducted

Go to Earth’s Interior

1 Dust Evaporates With Water

Go to Clouds

2 or 3Settle to the Bottom

of the OceanStay Here

Cloud Station

5 or 6 Rain

Go to Soil

1Snow

Go to Mountains

3Rain

Go to Ocean

4Rain

Go to River

2Snow

Go to Volcano

Mountain Station

4, 5, or 6 Wind Erosion Occurs

Go to Soil

1Glacier Advances

Go to Ocean

3Ice Melts Carrying Rocks

Go to River

2Avalanche Occurs

Go to River

Volcano Station

2Tectonic Plates Push Upwards

Go to Mountains

1 Volcanic Ash and Dust are Pushed into Atmosphere

Go to Clouds

5 Lava Flows into the Ocean

Go to Ocean

4Volcano Erupts

Spewing Forth Lava Go to Mountain

3Magma Crystallizes

Remain Here

6Crystallized Magma

Pushes up to Surface Go to Soil

Earth’s Crust & Interior Station

3 Earthquake Happens

Remain Here

5 Pressure Occurs

Layers FormRemain Here

2 Divergent Boundary

Magma Forms New Ocean Floor

Go to Ocean

4 Magma is Forced Up

Go to Volcano

1Convergent Tectonic Plates Push Upward

Go to Mountains

6 Tectonic Plate Subducted

Earthquake Happens Remain Here